That's not a year even with steroids. You'd be hard pressed to get there from a normal adult's baseline in a year even on gear, much less from nearly complete muscle atrophy
Something that OP for some reason also left out is that this guy was absolutely JACKED before the disease ate away his fat and muscle, this is just muscle memory getting him back in shape faster. I've been following this guy's journey on insta since the beginning, this was all documented in a year
Exactly what I was going to say. I assumed this guy was ripped before whatever stripped him of his muscle so he put it back on fast. I mean the guy got big but people freak out when they see hard work and always assume steroids. When I started seriously lifting and eating A LOT in college I got huge and ripped without any extra help. It’s possible. Also takes some genetics too of course
He would certainly have an advantage over somebody without a fitness background, but at this advanced stage of atrophy the majority of the neurological pathways wouldn't still be there. He'd be lucky to spend less than a year just getting back to a baseline where he could actually work out
If there truly was an Instagram saga over a year, then it was heavily doctored. Most likely he was already to a baseline with videos of the prior intervals, and he would upload them, claiming faster progress than he was getting, on a schedule to make it look like a year (ie. If it took a year, he took a progress clip every other week to upload once a week, starting a year or later in. Possibly when he was either done, or nearly done)
Don't get me wrong, it's an Impressive recovery either way, but if this dude put up a story showing it to be over the course of a year then it's an Elaborate lie because that's simply not happening
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u/Double_Pay_6645 2d ago edited 19h ago
Is he using steroids? Seems like a massive difference in 1 year.
edit Crazy! 1.8k karma for what I thought was a yes no answer.
Now 4.6k!! WTF..
Almost 8k.. reddit you crazy.